The Progress., 1887-12-24

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another, we must be true and live
Itogether until we die; S they were
1then looked upon as man and wife.
Very often our men would take
1.-TWO and three wives and mostly Of
the same family that is sisters, as
there was less liza ability Of family
Iquarrels il this way. The best
hunter always had the most wives.
when q married man would see a
woman whom he would fancy he
would pay his respects tpy her and a
f his attentions Welf ffavo orably
ireceiVed he would ynsult.
the jnd dgnlent the portion
of his family, and : ere arose.
no objections the lew applicant
was Brought home to the bosom Of
his his family an and duly installed. IF
there were objections however, the
new bride would remain with her
! parents or an additional Wigwam
would be added to the much mar
ried' mans possessions. The wife
which was first married generally
ranks first or queen Of the harem,
although the children Of the diff
.erent wives were looked upon with
equal conside deration BY the father.
Another custom among my peo-.
/ pie and which many Of them prac-
tice to this day is, when man
falls in love and would marry some
lyoung girl, he takes his blanket
and goes in the neighborhood Of
her home, and awaits when all
] have retired for the night and the
camp fires have burned low, when
Ihe proceeds to enter the Wigmam,
and having assured himself where
1.-THE young woman is reposing,
which IS generally BY her mother $
side, he quietly lies down besides
the young woman and if she ac-
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|cepts Of his courtship they pro-
ceed to chat quietly and remain in
each Others company during the
night, the lover taking his leave
1alWays before sunrise in the morn
ling; these visits are repeated sew
eral times, when if they concluded
] to get married they would allow
/ the ignt of the sun to shine upon
them ii The same couch in the
WigWam of the brides parents
They had then sealed their vows
/ and become man and wife.
When there was any objections
on the part Of the young woman it
was manifested by sitting up on
i her couch while her mother would
i kindle the smold ldering embers into
la blazing fire, this was an intima-
4 Ition to the young man that he
was not welcome and his absence
desired, he would then without
/ further ceremony hasten away.
ISometimes when the parents Of
/ the girl did not approve Of the
i young man he would resort to con-
ciiatory measures by going on a
] prolonged hunt and securing an
I am ount of deer and other game
and some fine furs, ETC., and taking
the same would go and deposit it
!. at the entrance of his afhanced' S
wigwhm and go to his home, after
repeating this two or three times
! the parental obduraey would gen
orally be overc ONE, if not, and as
Ia last resort, the young mans
mother would go and intercede in
behalf Of her son to the girls
mother and happy results would
almost always follow this femin.
4 inc dipl plomacy
! You ask me II there was any
jealousy in those days. Well il
was as it's to-day, only the spite
Twas perhaps more bitter and The
reyengeful feeling more severe
,lthen than it is now, and it was nc
& unc olnlnoi, Occurrences among The
women for a wife or rival crazed
with love and jealous frenzy te
lseek an early opportunity to Vi
!, ciously attack The object Of he1
lhatere5l and iif possible cut off he1